Mediterranean hegemon

The family planning policy and the strategy of targeting public intellectuals caused a lot of trouble in the city, and the Pope came out to express his position at a critical moment.

The Pope was too lazy to pay attention to the issue of freedom of speech, but anti-abortion is the consistent proposition of the church. Although every year there are scandals of church clergy and nuns giving birth to children, it does not prevent the church from supporting them openly. In addition, Contini has given the church a lot of funding and preferred stock dividends in the past two years. After knowing that it was his handiwork, the church must stand up and support him!

Pius XII publicly expressed his firm support for the anti-abortion strategy and believed that family planning was necessary. The more children are born, the more the gospel of the Lord can be spread. Taking into account the reality of orphans, abandoned children and other problems, he announced that the church would invest 20 million lire in the plan of the orphanage and welfare home. In fact, the church and the United Group have a tacit understanding on this point: the people are mainly collected by the United Group, and the church is mainly responsible for early education and the admission of clergy.

Both sides get what they need: since orphans and street children need to be brainwashed, the fascist and three-flag method cannot be used because it is effective for adults but not for children. The church's intervention at this time is very effective. Of course, the church will not really pay the money. The money is in the name of the church, and the actual investor is still the United Group.

In this way, the clergy can boast that the president has given the children a second life and given them different opportunities for growth. Some words are not as effective as those said by others. In a subtle way, the children will form a centripetal force and cohesion for Contini.

In order to manage this group of children, Contini also took great pains: he used the church, the United Group, the Youth League and other means to take a multi-pronged approach, just because he did not want people to see that he was training an orphan team, so his approach was in line with the fascist doctrine.

According to the rules drawn up by Contini, children under 7 years old are allowed to roam freely, and those over 7 years old must start to be organized: children aged 7-12 are organized into the Wolf Corps, and each age group forms a team. The education supervisor supervises and selects the best and most leadership-oriented children to become the team leaders. The team leaders must not only lead the members of their own team, but also compete between the teams. The younger age groups are fun and educational, while the competition atmosphere is much stronger in the older age groups;

The 13-16-year-olds are organized into the Fascist Youth Corps, which is considered the reserve force of the Youth League. They must not only receive a complete education, but also undergo military training to develop a sense of discipline, obedience, and leadership. The apparent leader is of course Mussolini, but since the entire activity is under the Youth League, then the Youth Leader will naturally have to praise him. The competition in the Youth Corps is much more intense, and it is based on the entire team. The captain who performs poorly will first be punished, and then the team members will also implicate others, forcing them to develop a team concept.

It is required to hold a parade every year, and all age groups must participate. The parade should not only show discipline and formation, but also perform weapons training with real swords and guns.

The whole education system is called "Fascist Military National Education". In Contini's words, it will be piloted in the United Group and the Youth League first, and then promoted nationwide after the success of the experiment. Mussolini was very interested in this matter and thought that Contini's idea was very good. Fascist education should start from childhood. Only by grasping young people and teenagers can there be enough reserve forces.

Public intellectuals are bound to criticize this militaristic approach, but the previous family planning made them embarrassed, so they can't say anything here. More importantly, some public intellectuals have begun to split. Those hard-line right-wingers, especially those with special political ideas, applauded this matter: Italian people are notoriously lazy, and they will probably be very good after this compulsory education.

But in fact, Contini knew clearly that this system would only be a formality if promoted among ordinary Italians. Only those orphans and street children that he could really control could really play a role because everyone would grow up. Once they leave the team, their ideas would be different. Family concepts would also affect the effectiveness of these policies. Only his wolf group and youth group would not, because he would continue to organize them according to echelons. Their family concept was to be loyal to the leaders Mussolini and Contini. More importantly, after these teenagers grow up, except for a few exceptions, most of them will join the army.

When all the soldiers of an army are partners who live together day and night and cooperate with each other for 8-10 years, or even 12 years, their combat effectiveness and cohesion are completely different from those of ordinary conscripts.

"Your father will definitely do such a stupid thing!"

Contini shrugged: "So, now we have to seize every opportunity, and judging from the rumors, there are other competitors in the party who are also trying to take action against me. They feel pressured by my being the secretary general and getting rid of the secretary general. My people have been investigating for a long time and can be sure that the source of the rumor is either in Milan or Rome, and it has nothing to do with foreign forces!"

The lady nodded solemnly: "You can be careful."

"The key is that I can't do what my father did... He is a good man who can talk to everyone and has no reckless ambition, so no one sees him as an opponent, but I am different. I fought my way to the top, and I have the titles of Youth Leader and Leader's Son-in-law. This is almost a thorn in their eyes. Who doesn't want this position?" Contini added, "The leader was assassinated this time and he was safe and sound. Who can guarantee the next time? If I am not prepared at all, what if something unexpected happens? Other opponents will wipe out our family! And this assassination reminds everyone that the position of leader is relatively stable in politics, but not very reliable in terms of security."

These words made Mrs. Ciano afraid: power and status, when you are already in a position, even if you want to give in, your opponents will not believe it, and you will definitely be the target of public criticism.

"To say something disrespectful to the leader, with his love of women, what if he sends a beautiful assassin?"

"He will have to fall on women one day!" The lady said indignantly, and then said, "Does your father have this tendency? Recently I found that he comes back later and later..."

"I..." Contini was at a loss for words, "Mother, I can't control this matter. He is my father, what can I say? Besides, I have two people in Switzerland who are not clear, you can control it!"

"Lend me the Dark One!"

"That won't work!" Contini shook his head repeatedly. The Dark One went to keep an eye on old Ziano? Wouldn't that be a mess.

"He said Adriana is about to give birth, so I went to Switzerland to stay for a few days to give you a relaxed environment, so that you can have fun if there are little fairies outside."

"It's inexplicable, I don't want to bother with you!" Old Ziano blurted out and continued to read the newspaper...